TY  - BOOK
AU  - Landes, David S.
TI  - The wealth and poverty of nations: why some are so rich and some so poor
SN  - 9780349111667
U1  - 330.16LAN 
PY  - 1999///
CY  - New York
PB  - W.W. Norton
KW  - Wealth--Europe--History
N1  - xxi, 658 p. : maps ; 25 cm
N2  - The Wealth and Poverty of Nations is David S. Landes's acclaimed, best-selling exploration of one of the most contentious and hotly debated questions of our time: Why do some nations achieve economic success while others remain mired in poverty? The answer, as Landes definitively illustrates, is a complex interplay of cultural mores and historical circumstance. Rich with anecdotal evidence, piercing analysis, and a truly astonishing range of erudition, The Wealth and Poverty of Nations is a "picture of enormous sweep and brilliant insight" (Kenneth Arrow) as well as one of the most audaciously ambitious works of history in decades
ER  -